The Young, Gifted, and Black Gospel Choir will travel to Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Ohio during the choir’s annual spring concert tour, performing two free concerts open to the public – one on Sunday, March 17, in Forestville, Maryland, and the second on Monday, March 18, in Washington, D.C.
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The College has been named a top producer of U.S. Fulbright Students for 2018-19 among bachelor’s institutions, continuing a tradition of being named a top producer every year since 2004.
President Raynard S. Kington delivered the University of Iowa Health Care Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Lecture Jan. 23 in Iowa City.
"Hometown Teams," a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition that explores how sports shape America, will open in Grinnell on Friday, Feb. 15.
Physics students gain research opportunities through a $484,300 National Science Foundation grant awarded to Charlotte Christensen, assistant professor of physics.
Students and faculty praise the Humanities and Social Studies Center (HSSC) as spring semester classes get underway in the new facility.
Georges Bizet’s opera about a gypsy seductress who lives by her own rules will be streamed live at noon on Saturday, Feb. 2, in Harris Center Cinema as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD Series.
The national holiday will be commemorated with a community reading of Martin Luther King Jr.’s well-known “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Room 101 of the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center.
The Hot Sardines, featured at the Newport and Montreal jazz festivals, will perform classic jazz that feeds the heart and soul at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, in Herrick Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public.
From flowering crabapples to sycamores, birches, and firs, the trees dotting Grinnell’s campus have served as familiar landmarks — as well as beloved spots to climb, make art, and meet for class — for generations of Grinnell students.
